A civet and a spider
This happened one February 2013 day near the Bansbari gate : Manas National Park (Assam) ~ Civet ~ In the evening as we ( Yaranajit, Kamal and I ) sat discussing in the hotel lawns one of the hotel staff came to ask if we had a camera – there was a kind of wild cat around the place where fire-wood was stored. As we walked in the direction we saw one of the staff tap the firewood stock with a bamboo taller than the tallest amongst us. This could have scared the mammal, encouraging it to hide. Couple of minutes later a domestic dog sensed something ‘wrong’ and arrived at the scene to announce his loud presence. This could have resulted in the fear of the hiding personality crossing its tipping point and we saw a scared Large Indian Civet ( Viverra zibetha ) take tentative steps from behind the firewood. Before we could see it for a brief while and admire its beauty the blessed dog got into action and started chasing it. Startled, not knowing what else to do, I ran after ...